Executive Director’s remarks

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is expanding its support for the intersection of climate change and human health, launching a USD 1.5 million Project Preparation Facility (PPF) grant to develop a USD 122 million global programme. The GCF highlights a significant funding gap, noting that only 2% of adaptation funding is currently allocated to health projects, despite 91% of countries prioritising health in their Nationally Determined Contributions as of 2023. The GCF has already approved USD 457 million across 13 projects with health co-benefits and recently approved its first purely health sector project, a USD 25 million grant for Lao PDR.

• Climate change poses severe risks to human health, with 3.6 billion people living in highly susceptible areas and an expected 250,000 annual deaths between 2030 and 2050 from heat stress, malaria, diarrhea, and under-nutrition.
• There is a stark disparity in health impacts and funding: vulnerable regions saw death rates from extreme weather 15 times higher than less vulnerable ones in the last decade, yet only 2% of adaptation funding and 0.5% of multilateral climate funding is directed toward health.
• The GCF is launching a USD 1.5 million Project Preparation Facility (PPF) grant, matched by USD 1.55 million from WHO and UNDP, to prepare a USD 122 million global programme for a Climate and Health Co-Investment Facility.
• The GCF has approved USD 457 million for 13 projects with health co-benefits, including cooling technologies, climate-proofing hospitals and clinics, and improved cook stoves to reduce household air pollution.
• The GCF's first project dedicated exclusively to the health sector is a USD 25 million grant aimed at enhancing the climate resilience of the health system in Lao PDR and strengthening capacity in 25 rural districts.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Executive Director’s remarks. https://www.greenclimate.fund/about/news-and-updates/executive-director-s-remarks

Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{greenclimatefund2023executive, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Executive Director’s remarks}}, publisher = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = dec, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/about/news-and-updates/executive-director-s-remarks}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }